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Patented Feb. 12, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC W. DOBEMUS, OF WEST ENGLE'WOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS-SIGNMENTS, TO DOREMUS, SCHOEN & ('30., INQ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ACORPORA- TION OF NEW YORK.

GAME.

briglnal 110. 1,383,610, dated July 5, 1921, Serial No. 468,682, filedKay 11, 1921. Application for reissue filed July 3, 1923. Serial No.649,222.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC W. DOREMUS, a citizen of the United States,residing at West Englewood, in the county of Bergen 6 and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Game, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to a game, and more particularly to a combinationof elements in a game, as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

There have been many games where a group of objects were adapted to bearranged in a position for knocking the same ll down by means of aprojectile thrown or shot thereat. But my device is so arranged that theobjects are weighted in the lower part or tail so that they balanceperfectly on a flexible or elastic member, and they can therefore onlybe knocked off by a direct hit of the object or flexible member. Theobjects are also usually in motion, because they are balanced on theflexible member which readily vibrates.

as In the drawing, which is a perspective of the preferred form of mydevice, 1 is the base member having holes 2 adapted to receive members3, to which are ri idly secured cross bars 4, which are slotte at 5 so10 as to receive a flexible or elastic member 6, on which are adapted tobe placed objects 7 having tail members 8 which are weighted so that theobjects 7 will rest firmly on the flexible member 6 at 9, which is cutaway 88 for that urpose.

Secon ary base members 10 have holes 11 into which uprights 12 areadapted to be set, and a net 13 is secured to said uprights 12 in slots14 in said uprights 12.

An elastic or other suitable flexible material may be used for theflexible member 6.

Upright members 3 and 12 are all adapted to be removed from theirrespective bases, so that the entire device may be packed in 46' acompact manner.

The various members are ada ted to be set up for use as shown in therawing, so that the not will serveas a backstop for the projectilesthrown or shot thereat. The

so well-known pop gun or other means (not shown) may be used for thispurpose.

Variations maybe made in the device defor detachably and swinginglscribed and shown herein without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

I claim:

1. In a game the combination of a base member supporting upri ht ri idmembers, around the upper ends 0 whic is strung a flexible member onwhich is supported a group of objects restingin balanced osi- 0o tiggtogether with a number of secondary base members each supportingperpendicular uprights on which a net is secured, thereby serving as abackstop for missiles projected at said balanced objects.

2. In a game the combination of a base member supporting upright rigidmembers having cross trees, around which is stretched an elastic and onwhich is balanced a group of obf'ects.

3. n a game the combination of a base member supporting upri ht ri idmembers, around the upper ends 0 whic is strung a flexible member onwhich is supported a group of objects resting in balanced position.

4. In a game the combination of a base member supporting upright rigidmembers, around the upper end of which is strun a flexible member onwhich is supporte age group of objects resting in balanced osi-i tionand adapted to be knocked there mm? by missiles projected thereat. 5. Ina game the combination of a base member supporting upright rigidmembers, as around the upper ends of which is stroung a flexible memberon which is supported a group of objects resting in balanced position,and which are so weighted in the tail members as to facilitate thebalance thereof.

6. In a game, a group of objects, supports supporting said objects innon-positive astened relation thereto in balanced position, incombination with means servin as a back stop 5 for missiles projected atsaid balanced obj ects whereby said objects are detached from thesupports upon impact of the missiles.

7. In a game, a group of objects having weighted tail members tofacilitate the balance thereof, supports for detachably and swinginglsupporting said objects in nonpositive astened relation thereto inbalanced position, in combination with means serving as a back sto formissiles projected at said balanced ob ects whereby said objects aredetached from the supports upon impact of the missiles.

8. In a. game, a group of objects, supports for detachably andswingingly supporting said objects in non-positive fastened relationthereto in balanced position, said objects adapted to be detached fromthe supports upon impact of missiles projected at the 19 same.

In testimony whereof I hereby affix my signature.

ISAAC W. DOREMUS.

